2005 · family · adventure · comedy
Are We There Yet?
Directed by Brian Levant1h 35m2005
The fledgling romance between Nick, a playboy bachelor, and Suzanne, a divorced mother of two, is threatened by a particularly harrowing New Years Eve. When Suzanne's work keeps her in Vancouver for the holiday, Nick offers to bring her kids to the city from Portland, Oregon. The kids, who have never liked any of the men their mom dates, are determined to turn the trip into a nightmare for Nick.
Our read: Are We There Yet? (2005) reads as a cosy, breathless, grounded family · adventure · comedy entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, gentle family / adventure, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- cosy
- kinetic
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
- funny
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